Jodupala: More than 278 people marooned
Kodagu: The massive rockslide that occurred on Friday night at Jodupala located between Sampaje-Madikeri has thrown the normal life out of gear and marooned many people.
So far, about 110 men and women have entered primary school in Sampaje. About 64 people have taken shelter in the Upper Primary School of Sampaje, and around 104 are there in Tekkill Hall in Aranthodu. According to sources around 278 people have marooned in floods.
The victims, who lost their homes in Jodupala and Made villages in the Mangaluru-Madikeri border, have been shifted to gruel centers at Sampaje, Tekkila, Aranthodu.
The DK district police team, Madikeri police and the disaster management team from the center have arrived and indulged in the rescue operation. Helplines have been initiated to help those in danger. The District Administrator has arranged breakfast arrangements for the victims.
NDRF and the fire brigades have rescued 11 people, including a pregnant woman. Here are some helpline numbers to assist the victims of the Kodagu floods.
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Congress using hijab issue to pacify minority anger, alleges Karnataka LoP R Ashoka
Bengaluru: Leader of Opposition in the Assembly R. Ashoka has accused the Congress government of using the hijab issue to placate what he described as discontent among minority voters after the Davanagere by-election.
In a post on X on Wednesday, Ashoka alleged that the state government, instead of addressing issues such as price rise, corruption, farmers’ distress and law and order, was attempting to retain its minority vote base by reviving the hijab issue.
Referring to the 2022 dress code introduced by the BJP government, which prohibited hijab in schools and colleges, Ashoka said the Karnataka High Court had upheld the policy and emphasised the importance of discipline in educational institutions.
He questioned the Congress government’s move to revisit the issue and asked whether setting aside the court-backed policy to benefit one community could be described as secularism.
Ashoka further alleged that while the government was willing to permit hijab, it continued to prohibit saffron shawls.
He accused the government of dividing students on religious lines rather than treating schools and colleges as spaces of equality.
Drawing a comparison with Mamata Banerjee’s government in West Bengal, Ashoka claimed that excessive appeasement politics had harmed the state and warned that the Congress in Karnataka could face a similar political response.
He said voters in Karnataka would teach the Congress a lesson for what he termed “vote-bank politics” and for compromising constitutional and judicial principles.
